CA CA - Mitrice Richardson, 24, Malibu, 17 Sep 2009

[RubyRed]

This article is an interesting read. It states that Congresswoman Maxine Waters is involved with this case. It also says Mitrice's Mother agreed with a subsequent medical assessment that her daughter was experiencing bi-polar onset. Also says the restaurant had the car towed and that a deputy agreed she wasn't in her right mind. Article starts on page 5 and continues on page 7 and 11.


http://www.malibusurfsidenews.com/archives/05132010.pdf

 

[nervous_nellie]

http://www.malibusurfsidenews.com/archives/05132010.pdf

Her purse had been left
in her car that the restaurant
reportedly called the
Malibu tow yard to remove
from the parking lot, including
documentation that
she had several thousand
dollars in the bank.
No immediate search

 

[shana]

How differently might this have turned-out had Geoffrey's called for an ambulance instead.

 

[hollyblue]

I do feel a complete investigation needs to be done....and without our seeing the tapes at the restaurant and the sub-station, it would be hard to judge. There are just so many questions remaining unanswered now. JMO, but I think Mitrice and the handling of her "slipped thru the cracks" in many ways that night and I'm not letting the mother off the hook here either.

I do question anyone who comes along and states, after the fact, there was a mental condition. It's after the fact and can't be proven now...at all; unless there was some diagnosis prior. Having said that and being a child of the 60's & 70"s, if the pot she smoked was laced with PCP, this makes for a whole new ball game, especially if she had never experienced it before. Besides unknown domestic abuse calls, a patrolman's worst nightmare is a 300# man gone looney on PCP...they don't know what they may face.

 

[hoppyfrog]

Do we really know that was in fact the case here?

Like Salem posted, "she told someone she was from Mars and was here to avenge Michael Jackson's death." Seems pretty clear.

 

[KR2tonenow]

MR released from Malibu PD 1:30am
reported sighted at 6:30am by witness

What happened in the window of 5 hours in those early morning hours after MR was released?

5 hours of wandering?
Was MR raped and dumped?

There were a lot of great issues that came up in the last thread. 1/Federal probe into civil rights being violated on MR 2/What will the autopsy findings garner? 3/Was Malibu PD negligent? 4/Was MR just a victim of Malibu PD "going by the book"? 5/Should mentally ill individuals have specific rights? 6/Why does it take such a sad tragedy for public awareness?

IMO

 

[KR2tonenow]

I do feel a complete investigation needs to be done....and without our seeing the tapes at the restaurant and the sub-station, it would be hard to judge. There are just so many questions remaining unanswered now. JMO, but I think Mitrice and the handling of her "slipped thru the cracks" in many ways that night and I'm not letting the mother off the hook here either.

I do question anyone who comes along and states, after the fact, there was a mental condition. It's after the fact and can't be proven now...at all; unless there was some diagnosis prior. Having said that and being a child of the 60's & 70"s, if the pot she smoked was laced with PCP, this makes for a whole new ball game, especially if she had never experienced it before. Besides unknown domestic abuse calls, a patrolman's worst nightmare is a 300# man gone looney on PCP...they don't know what they may face.

I agree on the PCP.

 

[Gypsy Road]

For anyone who needs a refresher on the circumstances that led to Mitrice's arrest - you can go to her family's blog here:

http://www.bringmitricehome.org/REWARD.html

I wonder why the restaurant wouldn't accept the great grandmother's offer of payment over the phone?

 

[pittsburghgirl]

Whatever happened to Mitrice, no one on this earth will ever give me a satisfactory explanation for releasing a person from jail without transportation or money, especially if that person showed or shows signs of mental disturbance. Able-bodied men have disappeared while walking home from a bar or a party; releasing a woman after midnight? Ridiculous. At the very least, they could have made sure she had a ride to somewhere.

Ordinary people have the common sense and decency to make sure someone they drive home (day or night) gets into the house safely, with the door re-locked and the lights on if needed. The only explanations that make sense to me are:
1. These particular LE officers didn't see a person of worth in Mitrice, whether because she was a woman, or a person of color, or showed signs of mental illness. Which of these men and/or women would have wanted his or her own child set loose after midnight without money or transportation? That's right--absolutely ZERO.

2. Or something happened in the jail and Mitrice was take out of that jail to cover it up. Do we still know, for sure, that the woman seen on a porch was Mitrice? The jail was not far from where her body was found.

I'm very interested in the autopsy.

 

[hoppyfrog]

Dear Posters:

WS is a victim-friendly site. We do not bash victims or start rumors about them. Please keep this in mind as you post.

Thanks for caring so much about Mitrice. You're the best!

Hoppy
mod

 

[*~Aimee~*]

Has anyone done a map to show how far away from the police department Mitrice was found? I have kind of looked through the threads but couldn't find any. I am curious how far she walked that night. Thanks in advance.​

 

[Gypsy Road]

Has it been reported where Mitrice had been that evening prior to going to the restaurant? Had she been with friends? Was anyone with her earlier that day that knew her well and could vouch for her activities or frame of mind?

And what about the small amount of marijuana found in her car? Was that ever tested to see what it contained? I've been told that these days marijuana is cut with all sorts of things/chemicals - some that are VERY dangerous. I'm in no way bashing the victim here, but since I've read about the marijuana being in her car I am wondering if she had gotten hold of a batch that had something dangerous in it - or that had something in it that would make her hallucinate or alter her thoughts, reasoning skills, behavior, etc? Could that be why her behavior is out of character? What type of "under the influence" test did LE do on her when they arrested her? Was it just a Breath-alizer (sp?)Test? Just curious what could have caused this odd behavior in an otherwise upbeat, bright, intelligent young woman. She could have had a mental breakdown, but I'm wondering about the marijuana found in her car.

 

[Fairy1]

Has it been reported where Mitrice had been that evening prior to going to the restaurant? Had she been with friends? Was anyone with her earlier that day that knew her well and could vouch for her activities or frame of mind?

And what about the small amount of marijuana found in her car? Was that ever tested to see what it contained? I've been told that these days marijuana is cut with all sorts of things/chemicals - some that are VERY dangerous. I'm in no way bashing the victim here, but since I've read about the marijuana being in her car I am wondering if she had gotten hold of a batch that had something dangerous in it - or that had something in it that would make her hallucinate or alter her thoughts, reasoning skills, behavior, etc? Could that be why her behavior is out of character? What type of "under the influence" test did LE do on her when they arrested her? Was it just a Breath-alizer (sp?)Test? Just curious what could have caused this odd behavior in an otherwise upbeat, bright, intelligent young woman. She could have had a mental breakdown, but I'm wondering about the marijuana found in her car.

I don't believe we've ever seen anything reported on the pot they found in her car - or even if they had done any sobriety tests. IIRC, the mental instability had begun at least several days before the restaurant incident. I seem to recall some odd posts found on her MS or FB and comments made to others that may have been red flags for at least an impending mental crisis.

 

[JLMcKenna83]

Has it been reported where Mitrice had been that evening prior to going to the restaurant? Had she been with friends? Was anyone with her earlier that day that knew her well and could vouch for her activities or frame of mind?

And what about the small amount of marijuana found in her car? Was that ever tested to see what it contained? I've been told that these days marijuana is cut with all sorts of things/chemicals - some that are VERY dangerous. I'm in no way bashing the victim here, but since I've read about the marijuana being in her car I am wondering if she had gotten hold of a batch that had something dangerous in it - or that had something in it that would make her hallucinate or alter her thoughts, reasoning skills, behavior, etc? Could that be why her behavior is out of character? What type of "under the influence" test did LE do on her when they arrested her? Was it just a Breath-alizer (sp?)Test? Just curious what could have caused this odd behavior in an otherwise upbeat, bright, intelligent young woman. She could have had a mental breakdown, but I'm wondering about the marijuana found in her car.

Marijuana isn't cut with anything. That's cocaine. It can be "laced" (soaked in a chemical and then dried back out so that it may be smokable.) Here in NY one of the most common drugs for marijuana to be laced with is actually embalming fluid. (They're even doing it with cigarettes now!) And this is not something that your average person is likely to get their hands on. You would most likely get it from a gang who deals in that kind of "trade". Not the guy selling dime bags on the corner or the suburban dad who smokes it in his garage when the kids are asleep.

ps... pot laced with ANYTHING is usually much more expensive than just regular old stuff.

 

[Gypsy Road]

I don't believe we've ever seen anything reported on the pot they found in her car - or even if they had done any sobriety tests. IIRC, the mental instability had begun at least several days before the restaurant incident. I seem to recall some odd posts found on her MS or FB and comments made to others that may have been red flags for at least an impending mental crisis.

If you read the family's website - it's right there in black and white. Marijuana was found in her car according to her father.

 

[Gypsy Road]

Marijuana isn't cut with anything. That's cocaine. It can be "laced" (soaked in a chemical and then dried back out so that it may be smokable.) Here in NY one of the most common drugs for marijuana to be laced with is actually embalming fluid. (They're even doing it with cigarettes now!) And this is not something that your average person is likely to get their hands on. You would most likely get it from a gang who deals in that kind of "trade". Not the guy selling dime bags on the corner or the suburban dad who smokes it in his garage when the kids are asleep.

Thanks. I've never smoked anything in my life - so I'm not up on all the lingo (not that I think it's a bad thing, I have respiratory issues and just haven't care to pick up anything to smoke). Laced, not cut. GOT IT!

 

[KR2tonenow]

Has anyone done a map to show how far away from the police department Mitrice was found? I have kind of looked through the threads but couldn't find any. I am curious how far she walked that night. Thanks in advance.​

Hi,
This was on thread #1-


http://www.websleuths.com/forums/att...1&d=1281509220

 

[Gypsy Road]

Wow...I was just reading the hand written arrest report. When LE administered the Field Sobriety and other tests, Mitrice only had a pulse rate of 42 beats per minute! That seems very abnormal - ESPECIALLY when you consider that at the time her pulse was taken she was being questioned by police. Very odd! Mine would be over 100! Normal resting pulse rate is 60-90 BPM.

 

[KR2tonenow]

Wow...I was just reading the hand written arrest report. When LE administered the Field Sobriety and other tests, Mitrice only had a pulse rate of 42 beats per minute! That seems very abnormal - ESPECIALLY when you consider that at the time her pulse was taken she was being questioned by police. Very odd! Mine would be over 100! Normal resting pulse rate is 60-90 BPM.

Right, Mitrice needed to be hospitalized, not put in a cell.

 

[KR2tonenow]

From poster Armandv101 (thread 1) - this useful blog shows a map and where Mitrice was released:


Mitrice Richardson: Too Many Questions